Nigeria, March 19 -- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, has accused the state government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of making plans to disrupt the collation of Saturday's elections.

A statement issued on Mr Lawal's behalf by his media office in Gusau stated that the state government had perfected plans to issue a fake security threat in some local government areas of the state as a justification to stop collation.

Mr Lawal said the PDP in the state was in early lead, a development, he said, had made the state government and the APC uncomfortable.

"There was a massive turnout of voters, and the results coming out indicate that PDP is comfortably winning.

"Elections were...